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Sunday Cartoon

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Agricola on my mind

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Agricola on my mind

Like thousands of other parents, I received the call from my children that they were trapped in their bus. They’d been stuck for an hour just before McDoom and could see clouds of black smoke from...

THE PUBLIC INTEREST DEMANDS EXPLANATIONS

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PUBLIC INTEREST DEMANDS EXPLANATIONS

If there is a staggering variation in bid prices for a government contract, then such a variation is bound to raise red flags. It would be highly unusual if, in the face of an inordinate variation in...

Something has been exposed

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Something has been exposed

This past week was exciting to the point that I saw people hurrying home, keen to avoid being outside their homes after dark. It had been some time since people had to contend with gunmen...

The abduction of Anita Persaud

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The abduction of Anita Persaud

By Michael Jordan There was no foreshadowing of the tragedy that was to befall the Persaud household when 18-year-old Anita left the family’s home at Good Faith, Mahaicony, on August 19, 2001. It...

The day I didn’t listen to my wife and got badly burnt

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The day I didn’t listen to my wife and got badly burnt

The most educated, astute and mature person can get conned, especially if your persuader is psychologically good in what he/she does. I have told countless persons to be careful with PPP leaders,...

The People’s Progressive Party and police killings

Oct 21, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The People’s Progressive Party and police killings

The People’s Progressive Party Civic administration has stood witness to the killing of more than 300 Guyanese citizens – mostly young males – by members of the Guyana Police over its 20 years...

The Crab–eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crab–eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)

The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the forest fox, wood fox, and the common fox, is an extant species of medium-sized canid, endemic to the central part of South...

PPP Governments moved away from Jagan’s vision and commitments

Oct 21, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP Governments moved away from Jagan’s vision and commitments

At the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held in Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990, it was recognised that law enforcement is critical to a...

Is Obama or Romney better for the Caribbean?

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Is Obama or Romney better for the Caribbean?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Such is the continuing power of the United States that all over the world governments and organisations are concerned about what a US Presidency of either incumbent Barack Obama...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The past week was torrid with executions and suspicions. The killers are still to be found but the police are going to find out that the victims were people who ran afoul of others. They all...

Learn from failures

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Learn from failures

There is this story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was...

Dem boys seh…Nothing does hide fuh long

Oct 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nothing does hide fuh long

Guyana full of secrecy especially in de area of thiefing. Dem had a field day plus year wid secrecy at de Tender Board. Some of dem who deh pun de Tender Board believe in secrecy till dem stop...

THE NON-APPOINTMENT OF THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT COMMISSION MAY BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Oct 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NON-APPOINTMENT OF THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT COMMISSION MAY BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

The Procurement Commission is in deep freeze. It cannot be defrosted because its activation requires the support of two-thirds of the elected members of the National Assembly, something that...

Dem boys seh…Dr. Ramroop can run but he can’t hide

Oct 19, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dr. Ramroop can run but he can’t hide

Dr. Bobby Ramroop can run all he want but he can’t hide. Dr. Bobby Ramroop, and not a cow doctor,—a medical doctor— got to be stupid. A reporter just ask he how come he bid suh high fuh couple...

A brilliant man has died

Oct 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A brilliant man has died

Vic Puran was not just brilliant; he was a legal genius. He was not just a bright person; he was amongst the best legal brains that this country has ever produced. He may not have featured in too...

Things are brown, but Brown is coming

Oct 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Things are brown, but Brown is coming

To this day, no one outside of the current Minister of Finance and the then President, Bharrat Jagdeo, knows how much money the government spent on hosting Carifesta and building the National...

Dem boys seh…Leslie and Man Soor get ketch in public

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Leslie and Man Soor get ketch in public

Old age can be a bad thing. Is when you can’t help youself, when you got to depend pun people. This old woman get she pension and she small piece from NIS. Out of that small piece she does give...

THE OPPOSITION AND LAW-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE OPPOSITION AND LAW-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT

The greatest crisis facing this country is, as ironic as it may seem, one of parliamentary democracy. This crisis has nothing to do with elections. Guyana now has a parliamentary democracy...

Trotman’s bar: Dichotomizing the human character?

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trotman’s bar: Dichotomizing the human character?

One of the most obdurate tasks in moral philosophy is to analyse the human character to arrive at an objective value system. It is possible to argue that it cannot be done. Those not concerned...

Dem boys seh…Rodrigues going to Peter wid he lawyer

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rodrigues going to Peter wid he lawyer

Deepest sympathies to the relatives of Ricardo Rodrigues and Vic Puran. Dem was two people who dead sudden and dem death send shock waves throughout de country. Rodrigues death lef nuff people wid...

Vic Puran left a secret with me

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vic Puran left a secret with me

I knew Vic Puran since we were teenagers. For over thirty-five years we remained friends. We became closer when he was to marry into a family in Kitty. I was very close to that family. Our friendship...

The ball is now in the President’s hand

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The ball is now in the President’s hand

There has been a damning field audit report about the activities of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). That report is now being contested by the Ministry of Agriculture, under...

Dem boys seh…Protest mek old man walk far

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Protest mek old man walk far

Long before dem people in Agricola decide fuh start blocking the streets again, de whole country did know. Was like if somebody tell somebody and de word spread. Before bird wife wake people calling...

CLOSURE WOULD HAVE MEANT DEATH

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CLOSURE WOULD HAVE MEANT DEATH

The idea that the government of Guyana supports the sugar industry simply because it is part of the constituency of the ruling party is a misplaced notion, and a dangerous one at that, and one...

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Workers should not settle for ‘leff-leff’

May 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Imagine inviting everyone to dinner and then allowing only the wealthiest guests to eat, while the rest are encouraged to admire the cutlery and wait patiently for “future dining opportunities.” Now, I am told that in Guyana, the government has invited Expressions of...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

A minister, a head doctor, commended and celebrated

May 02, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It’s a long-held mantra. The best policies and best procedures are nothing, if there are no people with the required energy, care, and ethos to breathe life into them. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, made his moves, proved me right. He engaged,...

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